Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 570: Zhou Hao Breaks Through
Soon, the news that Zhan Tian was being chased down by Yuanhao spread like wildfire.
Many were shocked at Yuanhao’s bullying of a weaker opponent, yet what surprised them even more was Zhan Tian’s rapid improvement in strength.
How much time had passed? Zhan Tian had already broken through to become a Six-Order Dao Venerable, which left everyone stunned.
But it did not take long for many to recall the Seven Stars Dominator’s unparalleled wealth, and then everything made sense!
The Seven Stars Dominator could casually throw out a hundred million Chaos Jade Marrows to set up a battlefield, so giving disciples vast amounts of Chaos Jade Marrow was perfectly reasonable. With Chaos Jade Marrow for cultivation, faster advancement was not that exaggerated.
Outsiders did not know that Zhan Tian had not only comprehended six Dao Principles but had also fused them together; otherwise, people would have been even more astonished.
Because of this, everyone’s attention turned to the Seven Stars Dominator’s disciples, and many harbored ill intent. Rather than aimlessly searching for treasures, it seemed far quicker and easier to rob the Seven Stars Dominator’s disciples of their Chaos Jade Marrow.
At this moment,
Zhou Hao was searching for treasures in the Wood Domain.
Along the way he met some cultivators who all looked at him strangely.
Zhou Hao felt a bit puzzled.
When he arrived at a treasure spot in the Wood Domain and found a treasure about to emerge, he stopped to wait for it to appear.
During that time, quite a few cultivators arrived and watched the treasure’s emergence.
But Zhou Hao soon noticed that the attention of those waiting cultivators had gradually shifted from the treasure to him personally.
When Zhou Hao realized something was wrong, he found himself already surrounded by nine Dao Venerables.
Zhou Hao frowned and looked at the nine.
“Fellow cultivators, what do you mean by this?”
“Heh heh, you are a disciple of the Seven Stars Dominator, aren’t you?” someone asked with a smile.
Zhou Hao raised an eyebrow and confirmed, “That’s right. I am Zhou Hao, disciple of the Seven Stars Dominator. May I ask what you want?”
“We won’t ask for too much. Recently our comprehension has hit a bottleneck, and we urgently need ten thousand pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow to aid our insights. We wondered if Your Highness Zhou Hao could lend us some?” the Dao Venerable said with a grin.
Zhou Hao looked at the others. “Is that your idea too?”
He released his aura, which reached the ninth-order level.
Yet the nine did not back down.
Three of them simultaneously unleashed powerful auras, clearly reaching the eleventh to even the twelfth-order levels!
Even the weakest among them had ninth-order strength!
These nine were at high tiers!
Zhou Hao vaguely sensed something and his expression changed. “You actually followed me!”
Indeed, he noticed these nine were not attracted by the treasure’s imminent emergence; they had been tracking him!
He had become their target.
Zhou Hao calmed his expression. “Sorry, I do have Chaos Jade Marrow, but you won’t get it for free. I can trade, but the price must be fair!”
“If you can’t agree, don’t blame us for being impolite!”
The nine struck at once. A grand formation erupted, imprisoning Zhou Hao at the center.
Dozens of Dao Principles were fused in an exquisitely intricate way to form a complete whole, coalescing into a pocket Little Chaos!
Zhou Hao’s connection to the outside was instantly severed for the most part; he could no longer sense external Dao Principles.
After the nine Dao Venerables set up the formation, they did not hesitate and charged straight at Zhou Hao!
Countless attacks wove into a net and instantly shrouded him.
Zhou Hao’s face was grim, but he showed no sign of panic.
As the attacks descended, a disc appeared above his head!
The disc was divided into twelve panels; nine of them were already lit, while the remaining three were still dim.
Countless attacks struck Zhou Hao but were instantly absorbed by that disc!
The disc was like a bottomless pit, endlessly siphoning off the energy of the assaults and the power of the Dao Principles!
The nine Dao Venerables attacked continuously for an hour, yet Zhou Hao remained as steady as a mountain, though his expression was growing increasingly unpleasant.
The nine exchanged glances but were not overly surprised.
Zhou Hao was a disciple of the Dominator; it was normal for him to have powerful treasures guarding him.
They believed that by combining their efforts, they would be able to finish Zhou Hao in the end!
The barrage of attacks continued, keeping Zhou Hao locked in place so he could not leave.
But Zhou Hao’s situation was not entirely hopeless, because his equipment was indeed excellent and could withstand these nine for a long time. At the same time, he suddenly realized that among these nine, three had Dao Principle powers precisely matching the three Divine Beast Dao Principles he needed to comprehend.
He had planned to find three Dao Principles with strong concentrations to study carefully, but unexpectedly, here he had found three cultivators who had comprehended the three Divine Beast Dao Principles.
On closer inspection, the three dim panels on the disc were gradually lighting up at an extremely slow rate.
Zhou Hao suppressed his aura to avoid revealing anything unusual to these people.
Simultaneously, he secretly used Chaos Jade Marrow to accelerate his comprehension of the three Divine Beast Dao Principles.
This was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.
His Divine Beast Compass could absorb and permanently seize others’ Dao Principle origins, and he could also personally comprehend these three Divine Beast Dao Principles. Using both methods together, the panels’ illumination advanced at blinding speed.
He indeed had a great deal of Chaos Jade Marrow; his master had directly given him one million pieces, which he had intended to use later when his Little Chaos evolved.
But since the chance was so rare, he did not mind consuming some Chaos Jade Marrow to help his comprehension now.
The nine Dao Venerables continued their assault without holding back, showing no sign of stopping!
“Your Highness Zhou Hao, we don’t want a fight to the death with you. We don’t need much—ten thousand pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow and we’ll leave immediately!”
The twelfth-order Dao Venerable spoke.
Zhou Hao’s eyes narrowed. He looked at him and asked, “Are you Lei Bu Dao Venerable of the Splendor Dao Court?”
The twelfth-order Dao Venerable’s expression did not change, but he was taken aback inwardly. “Heh heh, Your Highness Zhou Hao, my identity is not important. I hope Your Highness considers carefully. We will not hold back.”
At that moment, one cultivator’s face changed. “My Dao Principle origin is being devoured!”
“Same here!”
“I feel it too!”
The three reactions made Lei Bu Dao Venerable frown.
“Is it serious?” Lei Bu asked.
“It’s only one Dao Principle that’s affected!”
“Same here!”
“Likewise!”
Lei Bu frowned and in an instant thought of the gap on the disc above Zhou Hao’s head earlier.
Could it be…
Lei Bu immediately realized the problem and ordered, “Those three, stop using those three Dao Principles to attack!”
“All right!”
They had been thinking the same, actually.
But their reaction came a moment too late—Zhou Hao had already used the Chaos Jade Marrow to rapidly comprehend their three Divine Beast Dao Principles.
